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Lacey Buchanan's Inspiring Video About Her Son With Tessier Cleft Goes Viral

Lacey Buchanan's moving video about her son, who was born with an extremely rare condition that left him with no palate and eyes, has gone viral online.

In the video, Buchanan holds up a series of flashcards describing her excitement about falling pregnant with her son, how she and her husband decided to keep the baby despite knowing from the doctors that their unborn child has developmental problems, and how she dealt with judgmental stares and whispers from people after seeing her kid.

Buchanan's son Christian, who is now 1-year-old, is suffering from a Tessier cleft, a rare and severe cleft palate that, aside from the mouth, can also affect different areas of the face - such as the nose, eyes and jaw. In Christian's case, the condition left him with no palate, prohibiting him from closing his mouth, and that his eyes are also clefted such that they never even formed.

"I couldn't go anywhere without someone doing something to point out Christian," Buchanan described. "Some people would even ask me, 'What's wrong with your son?'"

But as Christian grew older, he started to laugh and play, inspiring other people.

"When people would stare, Christian would start giggling, and they would giggle too," she stated.

As the video comes to a close, Buchanan holds Christian into her chest as she kisses him and shows him off proudly.

「他是我一生的最愛！」美國田納西州一位媽媽抱著先天顱顏裂的14個月大兒子，拍攝7分鐘短片。她全程沒有說話，只透過一張張字條敘述對兒子的愛，真情流露感動逾86萬名網友。

英國《每日郵報》報導，25歲的法學院學生布漢娜（Lacey Buchanan），去年2月產下顱顏裂男嬰克里斯丁，因顏面發育不全，導致他從唇、顎裂至上眼瞼，眼球也沒有發育。克里斯丁才出生4天就接受手術，雖然唇裂順利縫合，但上顎還須動更多手術。

用紙條傳遞母愛
布漢娜在影片中抱著熟睡的愛子，用寫好的字條，敘述克里斯丁的出生，「懷孕18周超音波產檢時知道是個男孩……我們更加興奮。但一周後，我們接到通知，克里斯丁似乎有發展問題。」
布漢娜與丈夫都是虔誠的基督徒，認為寶寶來到世上一定有其意義而不願墮胎。但克里斯丁出生後，接踵而來的挑戰曾讓她一度無法招架，影片中她在字條上寫到，「帶他出去時，旁人都盯著他看，或竊竊私語說『你看那個小孩』」。甚至還有人當面斥責布漢娜「很糟糕」沒把克里斯丁墮掉。

念身障法助病童
但當克里斯丁慢慢長大開始會笑後，布漢娜的心情跟著好轉，「當旁人盯著克里斯丁時，他會咯咯笑……大家就笑成一團」。布漢娜的影片在網上引起廣大迴響。她說：「我想表達的是，他值得活下來……也希望能激勵那些正面臨選擇是否要生下寶寶的父母。」布漢娜計劃專攻「身障法」，她說：「我想幫助像克里斯丁一樣的人」。

資料參考
http://noypistuff.blogspot.com/2012/05/lacey-buchanans-inspiring-video-about_12.html
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/international/20120512/34223098

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